Thursday's stats:
Low temp: 57.9F (14.4C) -- around 12:30pm
High temp: 69.1F (20.6C)
Rainfall: 2.56" (6.5cm) -- updated at 8pm
It's a beautiful evening with the sun peeking through the clouds as it heads toward the western horizon. There were some light showers in the area just a few minutes ago, but they seem to have ended for the moment. This morning's blog post was entitled "tastes of everything", and that's indeed what we've experienced today. We had a few hours of solid sunshine this morning, but by 11:00am the clouds and fog were rapidly thickening up, which led to a very heavy and intense period of rain which dominated the hours from noon until about 2:00pm. I recorded 2.50" (6.4cm) in the upper part of town -- a very impressive total for such a short period of time.
Temperatures plummeted during the peak of the downpour -- my low temp of 57.9F (14.4C) was the coolest since way back at the very beginning of the monsoon season. It looks like there could even have been a dusting of snow up on the highest peaks of the Dhauladhars.
The total rainfall for September more than doubled today, and it looks like we are in a favorable position to continue receiving some appreciable rainfall amounts as we head through the weekend. Computer models are advertising healthy daily rainfall rates through Sunday, then starting to back off a bit by Monday and Tuesday. It could be that our periods of sunshine and lower humidity during the morning hours will diminish during the coming three or four days, but I don't expect the clouds, fog and rain to completely take over. Best to remain in the mode of being prepared for just about anything during the coming several days...
CURRENT FORECAST details, along with more specific monsoon rainfall info can be found on tabs above.
Low temp: 57.9F (14.4C) -- around 12:30pm
High temp: 69.1F (20.6C)
Rainfall: 2.56" (6.5cm) -- updated at 8pm
It's a beautiful evening with the sun peeking through the clouds as it heads toward the western horizon. There were some light showers in the area just a few minutes ago, but they seem to have ended for the moment. This morning's blog post was entitled "tastes of everything", and that's indeed what we've experienced today. We had a few hours of solid sunshine this morning, but by 11:00am the clouds and fog were rapidly thickening up, which led to a very heavy and intense period of rain which dominated the hours from noon until about 2:00pm. I recorded 2.50" (6.4cm) in the upper part of town -- a very impressive total for such a short period of time.
Temperatures plummeted during the peak of the downpour -- my low temp of 57.9F (14.4C) was the coolest since way back at the very beginning of the monsoon season. It looks like there could even have been a dusting of snow up on the highest peaks of the Dhauladhars.
The total rainfall for September more than doubled today, and it looks like we are in a favorable position to continue receiving some appreciable rainfall amounts as we head through the weekend. Computer models are advertising healthy daily rainfall rates through Sunday, then starting to back off a bit by Monday and Tuesday. It could be that our periods of sunshine and lower humidity during the morning hours will diminish during the coming three or four days, but I don't expect the clouds, fog and rain to completely take over. Best to remain in the mode of being prepared for just about anything during the coming several days...
CURRENT FORECAST details, along with more specific monsoon rainfall info can be found on tabs above.
